““The opposition between continuity and discontinuity is the basis for music-temporal thinking in [Jonathan D.] Kramer’s writings. … Since Kramer deems continuity to be ‘material’, one must assume that its antithesis, discontinuity, is also or partakes of material. A composer’s decision whether to use one or both of the ‘materials’ (in whatever proportions) plays a role in how time might be experienced whilst listening to music.”
– R. A. Baker
From: Temporality in Twentieth-Century Opera
(Part one of PhD Dissertation in two parts, McGill University,
Montreal, Canada. Summer 2008),
p. 32
composer
BIOGRAPHY - COMPOSITIONS - WRITINGS - NEWS & EVENTS - DISCOGRAPHY - PHOTOS - CONTACT - LINKS
The Three Last Minutes in the Life of X
a monodrama for tenor, three actors and six instruments
Libretto by W. Shakespeare and the composer
fl. cl. pno. tenor. vn. va. vc
2007 | ca. 20 min
First performance (f.p.): tba
Shift
for piano & orchestra
Solo piano – 1 1 1 1 – 1 1 1 1 – Perc. – Strings
2009 | ca. 10 min
f.p.: tba
Wings and Engines
for violin & orchestra
Solo violin – 1 1 1 1 – 1 1 1 1 – Perc. – Strings
2005 | ca. 19 min
Selected for premiere by the Ontario region of the Canadian Music Centre for the 2007 Professional Readings Series
f.p. 7 May/07, Toronto, Canada; Esprit Orchestra, Alex Pauk (cond.); Marie Berard (violin)
Chamber Concerto #3: Time Fields
1 1 2 1 – 1 1 1 0 – Perc. – Piano – String Quartet & D.B.
2004 | ca. 17 min
f.p. 8 Apr./04, Montréal, Canada. Contemporary Music Ensemble, McGill University, J. Lavoie (cond.)
Chamber Concerto #2: Implications of Time
1 1 1 0 – 1 1 1 0 – Perc. – String Trio & D.B.
2002 | ca. 12 min
f.p. 20 Feb./03, Montréal. Contemporary Music Ensemble, McGill University, J. Lavoie (cond.)
Chamber Concerto (#1)
for seven instruments
cl. bn. hn. pno. vn. va. vc.
2000 | ca. 13 min
f.p. 5 May/01, Toronto. toneART ensemble, Robert Baker (cond.)
Valence III
for oboe, cello & percussion
2010 | ca. 6 min
f.p. 2 May/10, AnDie Musik Live!, Baltimore, MD, USA
Valence II
for clarinet, violin, cello & piano
2010 | ca. 8 min
Composed for the 2010 York Spring New Music Festival, University of York, England
f.p. 15 May/10, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Sharp Edges
for violin, viola, cello, bass & percussion
2009 | ca. 7 min
Composed for the St. Magnus Composers' Course 2009
f.p. 24 Jun./09, St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Scotland. Psappha ensemble, Christian Baldini (cond.)
String Quartet #2
2008 | ca. 15 min
Selected for Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop, 2009
f.p. 27 Sep./09, Toronto. The Madawaska Quartet
Mirror, mirror…
for two violins
(Vanishing Points: version for two violins & electronics)
2005 | ca. 9 min
f.p. 19 Mar./05,Montréal. N. Yamach & E. Miller (vn.s)
String Quartet #1
"Releasing Anamnesis"
2004 | ca. 14 min
Recommended for performance at ISCM World Music Days 2010, Sydney, Australia, by ISCM Canadian Section
Finalist in the 6th International Composition Competition, “Città di Udine” 2006, Italy
Selected for Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop, 2004
f.p. 30 Nov./04, Toronto. The Composer’s Quartet; 29 Mar./05, Montreal. McGill Chamber Ensemble
Point of Incidence
for violin, guitar & piano
2003 | ca. 12 min
f.p. 8 Nov./03, Toronto. toneART ensemble, Robert Baker (cond.)
Aspects of the Hawk
for guitar, violin, viola & cello
2002 | ca. 13 min
Composed with assistance from the Toronto Arts Council
f.p. 4 May/02, Toronto. toneART ensemble
Apertures
for piano trio
2002 | ca. 15 min
Composed with assistance from the Toronto Arts Council
f.p. 23 Feb./02, Toronto. toneART ensemble
Chronometrics
for violin & piano
2001 | ca. 13 min
Composed with assistance from the Toronto Arts Council
f.p. 20 Oct./01; Subsequent: 8 Nov./03, Toronto. toneART ensemble, C. Gemmell (vn.), K. Tremills (pno.);
22 Jun/02, Thunder Bay, Canada. New Music North, J. Racaru (vn.), D. Oger (pno.)
Excursus
for cello & piano
2000 | ca. 18 min
f.p. 6 May/00, Toronto. toneART ensemble, Tom Mueller (vc.), Lois Simmons (pno.)
Symmetries
for violin & piano
1998 | ca. 17 min
f.p. 13 Dec./98; Subsequent: 26 Feb./00; 9 Jul./01; 9 Feb./02, Toronto; 5 Feb./02, McMaster University,Hamilton, Canada. C. Gemmell (vn.), Robert Baker (pno.)
String Trio
1996 | ca. 15 min
f.p. 15 Dec./96; Subsequent: 4 Oct./97, Toronto. Cygnus Trio; 4 Nov./00 & 8 Apr./01, Toronto. Elgin String Trio
Valence I
for solo piano
2008 | ca. 9 min
Selected for inclusion in the College Music Society 2009 Mid-Atlantic Conference Composer’s Concert
f.p. 6 Jun./08; Subsequent: 5 Sep./08, Salisbury University, MD, USA; 20 Mar./09, CMS Mid-Atlantic Conference, George Mason University, VA, USA. Robert Baker (pno.)
Two Bagatelles
for solo piano
1998 | ca. 8 min
f.p. 6 Feb./01, Vancouver, Canada, The Standing Wave, L. Dala (pno.); 8 Nov./03, Toronto. toneART ensemble, K. Tremills (pno.);
6 Jun./08, Salisbury University, MD, USA, Robert Baker (pno.)
A Forge, and a Scythe
for solo guitar
1998 | ca. 8 min
f.p. 23 Jan./99; Subsequent: 6 Jun./99, 9 Feb./01, 13 Oct./01, Toronto. D. Cumming (gtr.)
But I Can't
for solo guitar
1996 | ca. 5 min
f.p. 6 Dec./96, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York;
Subsequent: 15 Dec./96 & 8 Feb./97, Guitar Society of Toronto; 15 Apr./ 97, Cardigan Chamber Series, Cardiff, Wales. S. Thachuk (gtr.);
2 Apr./98, Les Jeunes Artistes, University of Toronto; 25 Apr./98, Festival “Giuseppe Rosetta”, Vercelli, Italy; 26 Aug./98, Festival Internazionale della Chitarra, Lagonegro, Italy; 23 Jan./99, Guitar Society of Toronto. D. Cumming (gtr.)
Respice exaudi me Domine Deus meus
for SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB
2004 | ca. 8 min
f.p. tba
In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust
for SATB a cappella
2004 | ca. 3 min
f.p. 19 May/04, Montréal. St. John’s United Church Choir, Robert Baker (cond.)
Two Songs on poems by Priscilla Uppal
for soprano, violin & piano
2000 | ca. 7 min
f.p. 24 Feb./00, Toronto. toneART ensemble, Elizabeth Pomes (sop.), Robert Baker (pno.)
Two Anthems
Give ear to my words, O Lord; Lord, O Lord, how excellent is Thy name
for SATB a cappella
1999 | ca. 7 min
3rd Prize in 43rd International Festival of Choral Art “Jihlava 2000”, Czech Republic
f.p. 23 Jun./01, Jihlava, Czech Republic. Pardubice University Choir, Jiři Koznar (cond.)
Night Thinking
Three songs for mezzo & guitar on poems by E. Bishop
1999 | ca. 9 min
f.p. 6 Jun./99, Toronto. S. Churchill (sop.), D. Cumming (gtr.)
Two Anthems
How dear are Thy counsels; In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge
for SATB a cappella
1998 | ca. 7 min
f.p. tba
Three Anthems
Teach me, O Lord ; I sleep but my heart waketh; Set me as a seal
for S solo & SATB a cappella
1997 | ca. 8 min
f.p. 9 & 10 May/97, Toronto. St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church Choir, Robert Baker (cond.)
Socks, Love & Anodynes
Five songs for soprano & piano
1996 | ca. 9 min
f.p. 15 Dec./96, Toronto. R. Dala-Beale (sop.), L. Dala (pno.)
Three Songs
for soprano & piano
1994 | ca. 5 min
f.p. 12 & 13 May/95, Toronto. Christine Howett (sop.), Robert Baker (pno.);
Subsequent: 24 Feb./00, Toronto. toneART ensemble, Elizabeth Pomes (sop.), Robert Baker (pno.)